I used to get really stressed out by overripe bananas. They would be sitting on my counter getting darker every day, silently telling me to eat them. Once I started using overripe bananas in cooking, I now actually buy more than I need just for this purpose. The kids can eat them all week and and…
Custardy Apple Squares
Dorie Greenspan is one of my favorite cookbook authors. She is brilliant and her recipes are fantastic. One of the cookbooks I received over the holiday was her new one, Baking Chez Moi. I’ve had my eye on this recipe for Custardy Apple Squares for awhile. Today was a perfect day to make them as…
Family-Friendly Tiramisu
Valentine’s Day is coming soon. To some people that means buying presents. To me, it means making my husband’s favorite dessert in the whole world-tiramisu. I wanted a recipe that the whole family could enjoy. My husband likes to eat healthy so I slimmed down the recipe by replacing mascarpone cheese with reduced-fat cream cheese. I…
Vanilla Bean Pudding
When I picked my kids up at school a few days ago they were both in tears. I love their school so I couldn’t imagine what was wrong. The problem: pudding. I had sent them with packaged vanilla pudding that had a May 2015 expiration date. When the teacher opened it for my daughter, it…
